NDA’s Masterclass in Coalition Politics: How Bihar’s 2025 Assembly Elections Redefined Alliance Dynamics
A Masterclass in Alliance Discipline, Campaign Intensity, and Forward Planning In the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) did more than just win — it executed a political strategy so disciplined and well-oiled that the mandate felt engineered rather than earned. By securing 202 of 243 seats, the NDA not only delivered […]
Inside India’s J&K White Collar Terror Module: From Delhi Blast to Nowgam Inferno
Inside White Collar Terror Module: From Delhi’s Red Fort Blast to the Nowgam Accident The investigation into the J&K White Collar terror module has unfolded like a grim tapestry woven from two very different explosions—one a deliberate act of terror in Delhi, the other a tragic accident inside a Srinagar police station. Yet together, they […]
Russia Claims Foiled Ukraine+UK Plot to Hijack MiG-31, Launches Retaliatory Strikes
Russia Says It Foiled Ukraine’s MiG-31K Hijack Plot, Retaliates With Hypersonic Kinzhal Missile What Russia Claims In a major escalation, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on 11 November 2025 that it had foiled a joint operation by Ukraine and the United Kingdom to hijack a MiG‑31K high-altitude supersonic interceptor carrying the Kinzhal hypersonic missile. […]
Delhi’s Toxic Air Is a National Emergency — And India’s Print Media Is Sleeping Through It
Delhi’s Toxic Air: When the Media Chooses Silence Over Accountability Every winter, Delhi and the NCR choke under a thick, poisonous shroud of smog. The Air Quality Index (AQI) crosses 400 — sometimes even 500+, pushing the capital into the “Severe” and “Hazardous” zones. Visibility drops to a few hundred metres. Children develop chronic coughs, […]
Data Centre Boom: The Digital Backbone Powering the Region’s Future
Asia Data Centre Boom Reshapes Digital Infrastructure and Investment Across the Region The Asia data centre boom is transforming the region’s digital economy. From AI computing to streaming, cloud services, e-commerce, and fintech, demand for scalable, high-performance infrastructure is skyrocketing. Global tech giants — including Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), IBM, Meta (Facebook), Apple, […]
Why the Ferocious Cyclones: Lessons from Typhoon Uwan
Cyclones: How Nature’s Fury Brews Over Warming Seas The Making of a Cyclone: Heat, Humidity and Rotation Cyclones form over warm ocean waters when intense solar heat causes the sea surface to warm beyond 26°C. This heat energises moist air to rise, creating a low-pressure zone at the surface. As surrounding air rushes in to […]
India Signs $1 Billion Deal with GE for 113 Fighter Jet Engines Starting 2027
India signs $1 billion deal for 113 GE engines — and what happened to the 2021 order that’s still incomplete NEW DELHI, 8 November 2025 — India on Friday sealed a roughly $1 billion agreement with U.S. aerospace giant General Electric (GE) to buy 113 F404-series fighter jet engines to power HAL’s Tejas LCA Mk1A […]
Kremlin to Announce Date for Putin’s Annual Direct Line Talks in December, AI to Aid Question Collection
Annual Direct Line Talks with Putin in December, AI to Help Collect Questions MOSCOW, November 8, 2025 — The Kremlin will soon reveal the official date for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual Direct Line, a major televised event where he answers questions from the public. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the announcement will come shortly. […]
Hungary Secures U.S. Sanctions Exemption on Russian Oil and Gas After Orban–Trump Talks
US Exempts Hungary from Sanctions on Oil & Gas supplies from Russia — Orban BUDAPEST, November 8, 2025 — Hungary will not face U.S. sanctions on oil and gas imports from Russia. Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced the exemption after his talks with President Donald Trump in Washington. Speaking to Hungarian journalists on M1 TV, […]